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The WowWee Rovio camera robot on wheels. You can read about it here . If you look at iRobot’s site, they’re working on one too, but I think telepresence robots are one of those “gee wiz” things that might appeal to security firms for snooping, but won’t have any other purpose. These do have the cool universal wheels.
In our best robots of CES roundup last week, it appears that we left out an interesting offering: the Windoro window-cleaning robot from South Korea. That's right. This robot wants to do for your windows what Roomba and Scooba do for your floors. It's quite a sight to see this gizmo magically crawling on glass. But there's no magic, of course. There's magnetism .
Windoro Window-Cleaning Robot Demo - IEEE Spectrum
iRobot Scooba 230: How It Works - IEEE Spectrum
I would love to have a Scooba , iRobot's floor-washing robot, to keep my kitchen and bathroom shining . But for my New York City-sized dwelling (read: tiny cramped apartment), the rotund robot is an overkill -- it could probably clean the entire bathroom floor just by spinning in place. It appears that iRobot heard the same complaint from many people and decided to shrink the Scooba. The new Scooba 230 , unveiled at CES , is about the same height but only half the diameter of the original Scooba 300 series [see photo above]. At 16 centimeters in diameter (6.5 inches) and 9 centimeters tall (3.5 inches), the new Scooba can get into small areas such as that dreaded space around the toilet.
You Definitely Need a Robotic Spy Vacuum - IEEE Spectrum
Before you dismiss this as just another Asian knockoff not-quite-a-Roomba, just take a minute to think about how the Samsung Tango View could change your life for the better. In addition to sporting a sophisticated visual mapping feature, the Tango is equipped with a camera, spotlights (!), and a microphone. It's Wi-Fi enabled, meaning that you can access the vacuum over the internet, and when you do, you're presented with a live view from the robot, complete with supplemental lighting and what could be two-way audio (although it's hard to tell). You can pilot it around manually, making sure that the oven is off, the fridge door is closed, and that nobody has broken into your house and stolen your fancy vacuum robot. You can also duct-tape a yardstick to it and use it to program your VCR while you're away.Rake type boxes can get stuck on a clump and either burn out the motor, or fling the clump across the room. The rolling action of the Litter Robot globe let the clumps sift themselves from the litter bed and drop into a sealed drawer at the base. This lowers the stress on the motor, and does not depend on the motor power to remove the clumps.
Litter Robot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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